Shadow Twins Fake Farm System Top 20 in Review
To finish up the Top 20 Reviews, here is a look at my Shadow Twins Farm System, consisting of players I picked for my Fake Twins System in the Shadow Amateur Draft that I've been doing since 1996, in real-time since 2002. More info here and here.
1) Brandon Wood, SS, Arizona HS (1st round 2003), Grade B+
.297/.367/.600 for Triple-A Salt Lake, .125/.164/.188 for the Angels. He would have likely played third base for a Shadow Twins team this year.
2) Lars Anderson, 1B, California HS (1st round 2006), Grade B+
.327/.419/.541 combined between Class A and Double-A. Would begin 2009 in Triple-A for Shadow Twins. Would be DH of the future with Morneau at first base.
3) Tyler Robertson, LHP, California HS (3rd round 2006), Grade B+
2.72 ERA with 73/31 K/BB in 83 innings for Class A Fort Myers before going on DL with shoulder trouble. Status depends on health.
4) Brett Lillibridge, SS, University of Washington (3rd round 2005), Grade B
.219/.297/.328 with 21 steals for Triple-A Richmond, .208/.236/.358 in the majors.
5) Jon Meloan, RHP, University of Arizona (4th round 2005), Grade B
4.97 ERA with 99/60 K/BB in 105 innings for Triple-A Las Vegas, 119 hits allowed. Traded to Indians in real life who have moved him back to relief. I would not have done the starter conversion in the first place.
6) Michael Bowden, RHP, Illinois HS (1st round Supp 2005) Grade B
Combined 2.54 ERA with 124/29 K/BB in 138 innings between Double-A and Triple-A, 106 hits allowed. Would being 2009 in Triple-A for my Shadow system, with chance to start later in the year if someone gets hurt.
7) Jeff Manship, RHP, Notre Dame (14th round 2006) Grade B
2.86 with 63/20 K/BB in 79 innings in Class A, 4.93 ERA with 51/19 K/BB in 66 innings in Double-A, 83 hits allowed. Still has a chance but Double-A transition not easy.
8) Glen Perkins, LHP, University of Minnesota (1st round 2004) Grade B-
4.07 ERA with 56/29 K/BB in 111 innings, 129 hits allowed in Twins rotation.
9) Jason Pridie, OF, Arizona HS (1st round Supp. 2002) Grade C+
Note that I actually drafted Pridie out of high school, I did not have to acquire him in a trade. .281/.317/.452 with 24 steals in Triple-A. Poor plate discipline but lotsa tools.
10) Brian Friday, SS, Rice (2nd round 2007) Grade C+
.290/.366/.388 for Class A Lynchburg. Might not hit quite enough to be the real shortstop of the future, but I like him.
11) Danny Valencia, 3B, University of Miami-Florida (19th round 2006) Grade C+
.336/.402/.518 for Class A Fort Myers, .275/.320/.412 for Double-A New Britain. Plate discipline and strikeouts the issue right now.
12) Damon Sublett, 2B, Wichita State (6th round 2007) Grade C+
.263/.364/.375 for Class A Tampa before getting injured in May. I liked the pairing of Sublett and Friday in the Shadow Universe Florida State League affiliate middle infield.
13) Justin Orenduff, RHP, Virginia Commonwealth (1st round 2004) Grade C+
6.95 ERA with 86/62 K/BB in 101 innings, 136 hits for Triple-A Las Vegas. in the Shadow Universe he would be at Triple-A Rochester and the translated numbers wouldn't look quite as bad on the surface due to the better pitching environment, but still disappointing.
14) Kevin Whelan, RHP, Texas A&M (3rd round 2005) Grade C+
3.19 ERA with 37/22 K/BB in 31 innings, 16 hits combined between Class A Tampa and Double-A Trenton. Still like the strikeouts.
15) Nevin Griffith, RHP, Florida HS (1st round 2007) Grade C+
Got hit by a line drive on his throwing elbow in his third short-season start back in June. White Sox have been very cautious about bringing him back.
16) Dustin Richardson, LHP, Texas Tech (5th round 2006) Grade C+
7.03 ERA with 90/48 K/BB in 88 innings in Double-A. Big disappointment.
17) Matt Torra, RHP, University of Massachusetts (1st round 2005) Grade C+
2.85 ERA with 50/12 K/BB in 79 innings for Double-A Mobile, 5.37 ERA with 32/15 K/BB in 60 innings for Triple-A Tucson. Throws strikes and knows how to pitch, but doesn't throw as hard as he did before labrum injury.
18) Daryl Thompson, RHP, Maryland HS (7th round 2003) Grade C
Meteoric rise in Reds system this year, then hurt his arm. I love it when guys like this make good. He was one of those gut-feeling guys when i drafted him out of high school.
19) Leo Rosales, RHP, Cal State Northridge, (19th round 2003) Grade C
4.08 ERA with 27/13 k/BB in 35 innings for Tucson, 3.63 ERA with 15/9 K/BB in 22 innings for the Diamondbacks. I drafted Rosales because I saw him pitch in college and liked what I saw. This is another one I am glad to drafted.
20) David Newmann, LHP, Texas A&M (3rd round 2007), Grade C
Blew out knee in spring training.
Overall I think the Shadow Farm system is in good shape. The 2008 class looks good on paper, too.
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Was curious...
You mentioned Meloan’s move to starter and that if he was in your system you wouldn’t have experimented with the role change. Are there any other players you would have handled drastically differently and how? I don’t mean stuff like “would have promoted Player A to AA in mid-season instead of waiting until next year” or anything like that. Like Brandon Wood’s position changes. What would you have done there?
Overall this is a pretty good system though, maybe top third in the league, and would be in consideration for Top 7 or so if not for Robertson’s injury and Lillibridge taking a crap this year.
"My mom always taught me it's better to laugh at yourself than to laugh at others. She was so wrong. ;)" -Pedrophile
by Boxkutter on Aug 22, 2008 12:44 PM EDT 0 recs
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Hmm….well I wouldn’t have screwed around so much with Wood. He would be in the lineup at 3B for me instead of the guys the Twins have been running out there…give him 500 at-bats and see what he can do with them.
by John Sickels on Aug 22, 2008 2:54 PM EDT 0 recs










